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Family and child well-being after welfare reform / Douglas J. Besharov, editor.
LIBRA HV699 .F243 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Welfare recipients--United States.
- Welfare recipients.
- United States.
- Child welfare--United States.
- Child welfare.
- Poor families--United States.
- Poor families.
- Dysfunctional families--United States.
- Dysfunctional families.
- Public welfare--United States.
- Public welfare.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2003]
- Contents:
- 2. Welfare Reform and the Caseload Decline / Douglas J. Besharov, Peter Germanis 35
- 3. Assessing Welfare Reform's Impact / Peter H. Rossi 67
- 4. Income and Expenditures / Richard Bavier 89
- 5. Cohabitation and Child Well-Being / Wendy D. Manning 113
- 6. Fatherhood, Cohabitation, and Marriage / Wade F. Horn 129
- 7. Teenage Sex, Pregnancy, and Nonmarital Births / Isabel V. Sawhill 145
- 8. Child Maltreatment and Foster Care / Richard J. Gelles 159
- 9. Housing Conditions and Homelessness / John C. Weicher 173
- 10. Child Health / Lorraine V. Klerman 195
- 11. Nutrition, Food Security, and Obesity / Harold S. Beebout 209
- 12. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency / Lawrence W. Sherman 221
- 13. Drug Use / Peter Reuter 231
- 14. Mothers' Work and Child Care / Julia B. Isaacs 247
- 15. Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / Don Winstead, Ann McCormick 259.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0765801884
- OCLC:
- 51848565
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